Sebastian Ratzlaff

Sebastian Ratzlaff (1762-1825) was a colonel of the Austrian Empire during the French Revolutionary Wars.

Biography
Sebastian Ratzlaff was born in Linz, Austria, Austrian Empire in 1762, and he became a colonel in the Austrian military during the wars with the Ottoman Empire in the Balkans. Ratzlaff became the commander of the garrison of Parma during the French Revolutionary Wars, and he was defeated by Napoleon Bonaparte during the Battle of Parma in 1796. He was captured by the French, and he was held prisoner until the Treaty of Campo Formio in 1797. He died in Vienna in 1825.